Made a ROM patch to run Fydo's Magic Tiles on the #MegaDuck. It's a charming puzzle game by ohnotomsutton.

It's a fun puzzle game to play with unlockable achievements. The game is a good fit since OEM Mega Duck screen has bad motion blur and poor contrast.

https://bbbbbr.itch.io/megaduck-patch-fydos-magic-tiles

Fits on an inside_gadgets 32K megaduck flash cart.

Patch made available with permission from ohnotomsutton.

If you use an emulator the music is going to sound a bit off due to some emulation inaccuracies.

#gbdev

Two friends together again, at long last.

Now you can play 2-Player versus #Tetris over link cable between #MegaDuck and #GameBoy using an adapter & my Tetris #ROMhack.

Turns out they also copied GB link port. Same pinout and behavior, just diff connector style.

#retrogaming

How-to article (not by me) about a screen mod for the #MegaDuck console using aftermarket #GameBoy DMG IPS screens and a small flex cable adapter.

https://hackaday.io/project/191431-mega-duck-aka-cougarboy-ips-screen-mod

#retrogaming

The #romhack patch for #GameBoy #tetris to run on the #MegaDuck is done and available. 🦆 🦆🦆

It can run from the Inside Gadgets 32K megaduck carts. If run in an emulator some music or sfx may sound off a bit.

Patch and source code:
https://github.com/bbbbbr/megaduck-tetris-patch

#retrogaming

Patching #GameBoy #tetris to run on the #megaduck. 🦆

Already playable and in decent shape. Some (hopefully) small audio driver things to fix, check over and clean up.

#retrogaming #romhack

Another pic. Think this was tracking down a (not yet documented) difference in the #MegaDuck sound ch3 vs the #GameBoy that was making music sound bad. (and vs the analogue pocket megaduck core).

Someone made a #RetroAchievements page for the #MegaDuck build of Canyon Racer here:

https://retroachievements.org/game/24082

#gbdev #retrodev

Inspired by an effect in Étoile Princess via this tweet by @_Kimimi :
https://twitter.com/_Kimimi/status/1493231550040793092
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Source code:
https://github.com/bbbbbr/canyon-racer

- #MegaDuck version works w/ @inside_gadgets 32K flash cart
- Rumble Cart version works w/ with Inside Gadgets #GameBoy MBC5 Rumble carts

A playable vertical parallax tech demo for the #GameBoy (and #MegaDuck).

Very simple, kinda hard mini game with cool FX and music.

Guide the racer through canyon walls and over rocks without crashing.

Music/sfx by @beatscribemusic

Web Emulator & Free ROM & #OpenSource:
https://bbbbbr.itch.io/canyon-racer

#gbdev #indiedev #retrodev #gbdk #homebrew

Six months later....finally pushed the the mini "Is It #AnaloguePocket ?" Wave RAM test to Github. For #GameBoy and #MegaDuck

https://github.com/bbbbbr/is_it_analoguepocket/

Got a MegaDuck environment up and running!
#MegaDuck #CougarBoy #MegaDuckDev #GBDK

Video of the #MegaDuck screen just barely hanging in there.

The ambient LED light source is also rolling in and out of phase a little.

@SantiagoCrespo Cool idea!

The GP32 looked like such a cool handheld when it came out, I remember seeing it on obscurehandhelds.com .

The two weird handhelds I have that I like are:

- A Maxstation #GameBoy clone (not common in USA but apparently common in CN)

- And of course a #MegaDuck and a Cougar Boy (again, more common in NL) which are non-compatible Game Boy clones

Did a clear resin #3Dprint (via CraftCloud) of shells for the Inside Gadgets #MegaDuck 32k #flashcart.

They came out looking good, though there is some warping in the print. The PLA print was much more accurate and consistent (but not as nice looking).

Repo with STL files
https://github.com/bbbbbr/megaduck_cartridge_shell

#retrogaming

Need a Cartridge Shell for that @inside_gadgets #MegaDuck #FlashCart?

Now you can #3DPrint one (also compatible with OEM cart pcbs).

The repo also has an improved #gbxcart adapter.

https://github.com/bbbbbr/megaduck_cartridge_shell

(Thanks to FerranteCrafts for the test printing)

#RetroGaming #FreeCAD

Sorrrrry-not-sorry, y'all are gonna have to endure more #MegaDuck posts for a while. I have lots more mischief in mind for this weird #GameBoy cousin. 😂

In the mean time, something practical: Added a #MegaDuck build of the D-Pad / Diagonal D-Pad button test ROM.

https://bbbbbr.itch.io/game-boy-button-test

Same works for #MegaDuck vs the AP Core for same (clearly derived from the GB core)

Prompted by the Inside Gadgets stunt (*1) and some info from recent #GameBoy vs #Megaduck audio research:

Using power-on Wave RAM values to fingerprint #AnaloguePocket running in GB/CGB Cart mode (and GB & SGB cores)

1: https://twitter.com/inside_gadgets/status/1593231495539613697

First pass at a 3D printable #MegaDuck cartridge shell is off to the press. Compatible with OEM and Inside Gadgets 32K flash cart.

Made with #FreeCad which has a bit of a learning curve and crashed a few times, but overall not bad and got the job done.

#GameBoy #gbdev #homebrew